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Department of Justice freezes all civil rights division cases: report
The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation and a stop to any new cases.
Justice Department issues freeze for civil rights division
The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.
Trump’s new Justice Department leadership orders a freeze on civil rights cases
The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration.
Justice Department Orders a Halt to Civil Rights Work
It also signaled it could seek to back out of Biden-era agreements with police departments that engaged in discrimination or violence.
US Justice Dept freezes its civil rights litigation
The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to pause any ongoing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday.
DOJ reportedly halts all Civil Rights Division cases
The Department of Justice is reportedly halting all litigation from its Civil Rights Division carried over from the Biden administration. A memo instructed division supervisor Kathleen Wolfe to ensure that civil rights attorneys do not file “any new complaints,
Nazi salutes, slurs and confederate flags: Vermont school district settles over harassment investigation
A settlement agreement has been reached with a school district in Lamoille County following an investigation into allegations ...
Vermont school district settles with federal investigators over racial harassment allegations
Vermont investigators concluded that students, primarily at the middle school level, faced frequent slurs and racist imagery.
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U of Vermont agrees to improve antisemitism training, ending federal case and capping a tumultuous year
Notably, the department’s office of civil rights determined that one of the ... strategy of antisemites in Europe and the United States has been to say that there is no antisemitism.” ...
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Vermont school district settles with federal investigators over allegations of racial harassment
A Vermont school district’s inadequate response to serious and widespread harassment of Black and biracial students has led ...
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Biden pardons five people including late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus ... Kemba Smith Pradia, a criminal justice advocate who ...
Elon Musk Questions Funding of Trump's Stargate AI Project: Live Updates
Trump is signing sweeping executive orders this week, targeting DEI programs, climate agreements, and border security. Follow ...
Justice Department directs prosecutors to investigate local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration ...
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